Category Archives: Sundance

Coming to theatres today, Wednesday, May 3:
LAST MEN IN ALEPPO

Director:
Feras Fayyad

Co-Director:
Steen Johannessen

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Full Frame, Sarasota, Movies That Matter, Istanbul, Nashville

About:
A chronicle the lives of Aleppo’s White Helmets, the city’s volunteer civil defense team.

My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.

Coming to theatres and to VOD via Netflix tomorrow, Friday, April 28:
CASTING JONBENET

Director:
Kitty Green

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
Berlin, True/False, San Francisco, Montclair

About:
An exploration of the 1996 murder of child beauty pageant winner JonBenet Ramsey from the perspectives of the local community.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, April 25:
WE ARE X

Director:
Stephen Kijak

Premiere:
Sundance 2016

Select Festivals:
SXSW, Vancouver, Seattle, BFI London, Shanghai, Guanajuato, IDFA

About:
A profile of Japanese super band X Japan and its charismatic frontman, Yoshiki X.

My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.

Now on Netflix:
HOT GIRLS WANTED: TURNED ON

Directors:
Rashida Jones, Jill Bauer, Ronna Gradus, Peter LoGreco, Sandra C Alvarez

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

About:
The online world of porn and its impact on real life is explored in this new Netflix docuseries.

I previously profiled the series before Sundance here.

Coming to VOD today, Friday, April 21:
WATER & POWER: A CALIFORNIA HEIST

Director:
Marina Zenovich

Premiere:
Sundance 2017

Select Festivals:
Washington DC Environmental

About:
An investigation into the long-standing battle that’s being waged for control of the most precious of natural resources.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

New to VOD today, Thursday, April 6:
UNCLE HOWARD

Director:
Aaron Brookner

Premiere:
Sundance 2016

Select Festivals:
Berlin, New York, Seattle, BAFICI, Jerusalem, Warsaw, San Sebastian, Biografilm, Cleveland

About:
The filmmaker sets out to rediscover his uncle’s pioneering films.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

New to VOD this past weekend:
THE BAD KIDS

Directors:
Keith Fulton and Lou Pepe

Premiere:
Sundance 2016

Select Festivals:
True/False, Cleveland, Full Frame, Dallas, Visions du Réel, Hot Docs, DocAviv, and Atlantic

About:
A coming-of-age story set in a high school for at-risk students.

My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.

Coming to theatres this Friday, April 7:
ALL THESE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

Director:
Michał Marczak

Premiere:
Sundance 2016

Select Festivals:
True/False, IDFA, CPH:DOX, San Francisco, Hot Docs, Karlovy Vary, Sarajevo, Bergen, Zurich, Singapore, Stockholm, Full Frame, Ambulante

About:
A hybrid profile of Warsaw twentysomethings living in the now.

I profiled the film before Sundance here.

Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens this coming Monday, April 3 and to DVD on Tuesday, April 4: NEWTOWN

Director:
Kim A Snyder

Premiere:
Sundance 2016

Select Festivals:
Nantucket, SXSW, Full Frame, AFI Docs, Cleveland, Camden, Melbourne, BAMcinemaFest, Bentonville

About:
A small community reckons with the aftermath of a tragedy.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.